Posted on 05/08/2015 8:53:39 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
New human diseases should be given socially acceptable names which do not offend people and countries or mention animals, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
It has produced advice for scientists and the media on choosing names.
The WHO says Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and Spanish Flu are examples of what to avoid because they mention specific locations.
Instead, names should contain generic terms that are "easy to pronounce".
The WHO said several new human infectious diseases had emerged in recent years and some had stigmatised certain cultures, regions and economies.
Dr Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security at the WHO, said: "This may seem like a trivial issue to come, but disease names really do matter to the people who are directly affected."
Barrier to trade
Dr Fukuda said certain disease names had created a backlash against members of particular religious or ethnic communities.
They had also put up barriers to travel, commerce and trade, he added, and in some cases triggered the needless slaughtering of animals.
"This can have serious consequences for people's lives and livelihoods."
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How about”Japan should disown this idiot Syndrome”?
And let us not forget The Fever For Which The Only Prescription Is MORE COWBELL!!
Dr. Fukuda? Really?
Nope. Offensive to Blue Oyster Cult fans ;)
lol. or Saturday Night Fever. or Bad Case of Loving you. or Subterranean Homesick Blues. There. I’m done :)
I sorta like: 'Zed's horrible, nasty, turns plaid and falls off foot disease.'
It's got a certain ring to it. ;)
/johnny
Happy Fun No Shame Genital Pain Disease #1
The first disease named under this new policy should be named Obamatosis. Then, Hillaryitis.
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this MAY seem TRIVIAL?
It is TRIVIAL you idiot, so shut up, go into the corner and play with yourself.
Name a disease after Obama, they’ve named critters and plants after him.
Perhaps the Doc has Japanese Encephalitis - http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/japanese-encephalitis
We grew up hearing of psychological warfare.
Pretty sure by now we know it when we see it, as it is not very subtle, is it? More like head spinning obvious.
How do you psychological them right back, is the question.
***generic terms that are “easy to pronounce”. ***
That’s how all the slang terms of the various races got started!
My high school biology teacher had those! (After calculus, it was my favourite class then.)
Next up: some group will be offended by the term “sexually transmitted diseases”, so they will be renamed to, say, “diseases that there’s obviously no need to notify the public health authorities about because it might stigmatize someone”.
Suitably translated into Latin, of course.
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